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Seriously funny
the rebel comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
By Nachman, Gerald
- ISBN
- 978-0-37541-030-7
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
This insightful book is an important contribution to an understanding and appreciation of the comedians of the early 1950s and mid-1960s, who departed in manner and method from their vaudevillian forebears and provided the inspiration and ideas (sometimes stolen without attribution) for hundreds of stand-up and sit-down comics who have followed them. Newspaper and magazine entertainment critic Nachman (Raised on Rad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
